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Stalker

Сталкер

1979 · 162 min · Science Fiction

A guide known as a Stalker leads a writer and a scientist into the Zone, a forbidden, physics-defying wilderness, toward a room said to grant one's deepest wish — a journey that becomes a haunting meditation on faith and desire. Andrei Tarkovsky's hypnotic sci-fi parable.

Why it’s here

Tarkovsky’s philosophical science-fiction masterpiece is a defining work of Russian cinema and an enduring global canon title.

Runtime

162 min

Genre

Science Fiction · Drama

Mood

thoughtful · dark

Entry

some context

Best for

first visit

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